noun
pimento
pih-MEHN-toh
noun
1
A mild, sweet red pepper used in cooking and to stuff olives.
"The salad was topped with sliced pimento and feta."
2
A tropical berry used to make allspice.
"Pimento berries are dried and ground to produce allspice."
How to Use Pimento
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the sweet red pepper used to stuff olives, or the berry that becomes allspice.
Easily confused with
pimiento
pigment →
Common pairings
pimento-stuffed olives
pimento cheese
Word Forms
pimentos plural, pimentoes plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese pimento, related to Spanish pimiento, ultimately from a Latin word meaning "colouring" — a doublet of "pigment."